Emanuel Proweller (1918-1981) Paysage de montagne 1957 Oil on canvas signed, dated and titled on the back 61 x 50 cm Provenance: > Galerie du Centre - Alain Matarasso, Paris (acquired 2008) > Private collection, Paris Bibliography : Courbes de vies n°147 Condition report: Framed As a pioneer of narrative figuration, he is the painter of the figure in abstraction. But that's not all. "It is in colour that there is hope [...] Colour, when left to its own devices, can be truly alive. Painting is the start of a fight for life. Colour, which goes beyond the geometry and abstraction in force in the 50s, heralds appeasement, contemplation, a certain joy, where life is still worth living." Emanuel Proweller